New Orleans Early on Saturday morning Scott Hagy, the ACORN Services Construction Manager, picked me up in his truck and we went out to kick the dirt around ACORN’s building sites. The big news was on Delery Street in the very northerly corner of what is now the famous Lower 9th Ward. After many months …
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Training Organizers
Los Angeles Flying out I read a book called Activism, Inc. written by a sociologist who had followed the canvassers with Grassroots Campaign, Inc (GCI) created by Doug Phelps, as one of the largest canvassing subcontractors. The book actually called the outfit the “Peoples’ Project,” but it was obvious it was GCI. Her essential theme …
Three Short in Chicago
Chicago We were three short, as Mayor Richie Daley vetoed our living wage measure for big box stores. Three decided that they wanted to join the race to the low road, rather than have community standards for wages in Chicago. The picture from the New York Times tells the story though it does not say …